Veterans Day Parade returns to downtown Las Vegas

Las Vegas Review-Journal

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Robert Davison greets Nancy Escobedo and her daughter Maristella, 9 months, during the Veterans ... — Robert Davison greets Nancy Escobedo and her daughter Maristella, 9 months, during the Veterans Day parade on Fourth Street in downtown Las Vegas Friday, Nov. 11, 2022. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto

Rancho High School Air Force Junior ROTC member Aleksey Prodan marches in the Veterans Day parade on Fourth Street in downtown Las Vegas Friday, Nov. 11, 2022. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto

Multiple motorcycle veterans groups ride in the Veterans Day parade on Fourth Street in downtown Las Vegas Friday, Nov. 11, 2022. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto

Sue Bartling, her dog Libby Lulu and husband Tom watch the Veterans Day parade on Fourth Street in downtown Las Vegas Friday, Nov. 11, 2022. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto

Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman and her husband, former Mayor Oscar Goodman, ride in the Veterans Day parade on Fourth Street in downtown Las Vegas Friday, Nov. 11, 2022. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto

Cadet Major Michelle Romero, a battalion commander with Desert Pines High School Marine Junior ROTC, marches in the Veterans Day parade on Fourth Street in downtown Las Vegas Friday, Nov. 11, 2022. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto

lily Tirres, 5, and her sister Lucy, 8, watch the Veterans Day parade on Fourth Street in downtown Las Vegas Friday, Nov. 11, 2022. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto

American Legion Paradise Post 149 members march in the Veterans Day parade on Fourth Street in downtown Las Vegas Friday, Nov. 11, 2022. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto

Members of the Cimarron Memorial High School Air Force Junior ROTC march in the Veterans Day parade on Fourth Street in downtown Las Vegas Friday, Nov. 11, 2022. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto

Vincent Shank, a World War II veteran and ex-POW, waves a flag before the Veterans Day parade on Fourth Street in downtown Las Vegas Friday, Nov. 11, 2022. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto

Samara Conger, 3, from left, Nola May Pezzullo, 8, and her brother Brennan Pezzullo 17, a member of Rancho High School Air Force Junior ROTC, watch the Veterans Day parade on Fourth Street in downtown Las Vegas Friday, Nov. 11, 2022. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto

Robert Davison greets John Kang, from left, Adrienne E. Hubbard, and her husband Clarence Hubbard with the Vietnam Veterans Korean War Veterans Association before the Veterans Day parade on Fourth Street in downtown Las Vegas Friday, Nov. 11, 2022. Sitting in the front seat is Young Kim. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto

Members of the Sunrise Mountain High School Air Force Junior ROTC march in the Veterans Day parade on Fourth Street in downtown Las Vegas Friday, Nov. 11, 2022. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto

U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nev., rides in the Forgotten Not Gone entry during the Veterans Day parade on Fourth Street in downtown Las Vegas Friday, Nov. 11, 2022. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto

Members of the Eldorado High School Navy Junior ROTC march in the Veterans Day parade on Fourth Street in downtown Las Vegas Friday, Nov. 11, 2022. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto

The annual Veterans Day Parade returns Friday to downtown Las Vegas.

Produced by the Veterans Action Group, it will be conducted on the downtown Fourth Street parade route beginning at 10 a.m. on Fourth and Gass Avenue and concluding at Fourth and Stewart Avenue.

Road will closes starting at 6 a.m. and reopen at 2 p.m. on Friday. Fourth Street from Las Vegas Boulevard to Stewart Avenue and all streets in between will be affected.

After a one-year hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the “largest Veterans Day parade west of the Mississippi” returned strong in 2021.

Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman and former Mayor Oscar Goodman will take part in the parade, along with several veterans service organizations, marching bands, drill teams and youth clubs.